The Indiana Supreme Court Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC) has provided software to the state’s trial courts since 2005, when the first INcite application for commercial driver violation filings was launched. Since then, INcite has grown to include 16 web applications used by courts, clerks, probation offices, law enforcement, and other agencies.
JTAC’s ongoing installation of the Odyssey Case Management System around the state, coupled with the INcite framework for providing online software, has completely transformed court data collection and data sharing in Indiana. In addition, the ability for members of the public to access court information online has improved dramatically.
Today, the public can obtain case information from the many courts using Odyssey, as well as protection orders statewide, on the web at no cost to the user. They can find information online for any traffic ticket issued in the state with JTAC’s e-ticket system, pay a modest fee for a copy of the ticket, and in some courts pay the ticket online. The public can also begin the process of applying for a marriage license over the Internet, saving clerk’s offices data entry and reporting time. And statistics show that the public is increasingly using these services as counties adopt them.
Above: Odyssey caseload. At the end of 2012, it is estimated (based on 2011 filing statistics) that Odyssey is handling nearly 42% of the state’s caseload. 144 courts in 44 of Indiana’s 92 counties are now using the system.
Above: Quarterly page view statistics for mycase.in.gov. The number of page views on the mycase.in.gov website has steadily increased as the number of courts in the system has grown. In the five years the site has been online, it has had more than 60 million page views.
Above: E-Tickets. JTAC now makes available an online ticket payment system for counties that use Odyssey. The system is running in three counties and five city/town courts around the state. Since late-2011, over 16,000 tickets have been paid online—a truly “end-to-end” electronic process. Any ticket in the central repository can be found using the online ticket search, allowing offenders who may have lost their ticket to get a copy for a nominal fee. There have been 193 ticket copies purchased to date.
Above: Marriage Licenses. In April 2007, JTAC launched a Marriage License E-Filing application that allows clerk’s offices to electronically submit marriage license information to the Indiana State Department of Health. As of the end of 2012, over 800 clerk’s office users in all but six Indiana counties have filed 110,500 marriage licenses electronically.
In May 2011, the marriage license application became available to the public, allowing couples to begin the application process online before visiting the clerk’s office to finalize the application and pay their fees. This has eliminated a great deal of data entry for clerks and has shortened visit times for couples. As of the end of 2012, 77 Indiana counties allow the public to start marriage licenses online, and over 15,000 couples have done so.